"The protests outside his residence or his being branded a traitor, would not establish threat to his life and liberty ipso facto." Punjab and
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"Respondent/Accused is merely required to make out a probable defence to shift the burden on the Appellant/Complainant." Madras High Court, in a significant ruling, held that
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"Long term extraction of regular labour under temporary labels corrodes confidence in public administration and offends the promise of equal protection. Financial stringency certainly has a place
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Orissa High Court, in a significant ruling dated July 15, 2026, held that a vehicle seized for alleged transportation of cattle in violation of the
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"The 'inscrutable face of a sphinx' is ordinarily incongruous with a judicial or quasi-judicial performance." Punjab and Haryana High Court, in a significant ruling, held that
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"Mentioning of a wrong provision or non-mentioning of a provision does not invalidate an order if the court and/or statutory authority had the requisite jurisdiction therefor."
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"Failure to give an opportunity to the accused to explain the same is fatal to the prosecution. When the public servant is facing such a
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"Denial of disability pension based on a medical opinion without providing full reasons to support the opinion cannot be said to be valid." High Court
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"Notwithstanding the pendency of conciliation proceedings, an aggrieved party can approach the Industrial Tribunal for limited relief where the opposite party proposes to commence or
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"It is well settled that defence evidence is not to be viewed with suspicion or treated as inherently inferior to prosecution evidence; where it is
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"The DIR, no doubt, is a relevant document, prepared to facilitate/ assist the Magistrate, however, it can neither substitute nor supersede the original complaint/ application
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"In the result, the condition contained in sub-rule (3A) of rule 8 for payment of duty without utilizing the cenvat credit till an assessee pays
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"The petitioner did not claim to have secured marks above cut off for UR or UR (EC) Category. Therefore, he cannot be permitted to stake
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"The special protection ensures that the dismissed employee is paid one months’ wages and that the employer seeks approval to dismissal action. However, this special protection
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"Since the corpus is accused of committing an offence by the private respondents, as such, he cannot be illegally detained by them." Allahabad High Court, in a
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"The rigour(s) of Section 37 of NDPS Act pale into oblivion when bail is sought for on account of long incarceration in view of Article 21 of
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"Merely because the petitioners belong to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, they cannot be denied consideration against unreserved vacancies when they otherwise stand senior in the feeder
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"Any party purchasing a property which is a subject matter of litigation, during the pendency of the litigation, is bound by the judgment that
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"If the sanctity of registered documents is diluted, it would erode public confidence in property transactions and jeopardize the security of titles." Madhya Pradesh High Court, in
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"An individual litigant or counsel has no vested or fundamental right to demand that their matter be listed ahead of litigations instituted prior in time, save through
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"It appears to us that the Plaintiffs may have been desirous of purchasing the suit property and even took steps towards it; however, their subsequent
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"Continuation of criminal proceedings instituted against the accused by the complainant would be nothing but a sheer abuse of the process of law inasmuch as
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"The additional amount under Section 23(1-A), solatium under Section 23(2) and statutory interest under Section 28 constitute integral and inseparable components of the compensation awarded
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"Only an order passed, finding proof of both the jurisdictional facts would enable testimony of the witness recorded at that stage to be relied on
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"No wife shall be entitled to receive an allowance for the maintenance or the interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding, as the case may be
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"If such collection of evidence is a reality, there also has to be some limitation to what these individuals can do in pursuit of their
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"Now, after such a long time, even if there is legal merit in the statement that a claim should have been filed before the competent
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"The owners choosing to make such a decision should be held responsible and ensure safe transfer of such animals to the shelters run by the
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"On a voyage, the providing of ancillary services does not take away from the meaning of ‘carriage' as per Section 44B of the Act." Supreme
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"By undertaking such a detailed examination, the High Court has in effect conducted a mini-trial, which is fundamentally contrary to the settled principles governing the
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"once the basic care of verifying the driving licence has to be taken by the employer... it cannot be said that thereafter he can wash his hands
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"The conclusion is that in the absence of consequence, the laying procedure given in Section 95(3) is clearly directory. Non-compliance thereof cannot defeat the exercise
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"The concept of an ex post facto or a retrospective clearance is alien to environmental jurisprudence under EIA 1994 and EIA 2006 alike, but that principle
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"By skipping the first requirement of seeking prior permission to apply for a civil post, an Airman cannot present a situation of fait accompli and
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"Since the property is in the name of the 2 wives of MA, it is their property." Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling
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"The said expression cannot be construed to include a Court exercising appellate jurisdiction, notwithstanding that the appeal is a continuation of the original proceedings." Supreme
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"The powers entrusted to NCSC are limited in nature. Clearly NCSC and its other compatriots under Articles 338A and 338B are Constitutional Bodies with a socially beneficent
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"The murder went unavenged, but it is not for the courts to convict the accused on mere assumptions when the evidence led by the prosecution
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"Non-performance of MGQ at the time of completion of the licence period is not a ground for levying and demanding a penalty, both under the
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"The opponent cannot be made to bear the adverse consequences of the wrongful discharge, by being denied consideration for the grant of the Selection Scale
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"The protests outside his residence or his being branded a traitor, would not establish threat to his life and liberty ipso facto." Punjab and
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"Respondent/Accused is merely required to make out a probable defence to shift the burden on the Appellant/Complainant." Madras High Court, in a significant ruling, held that
read more
"Long term extraction of regular labour under temporary labels corrodes confidence in public administration and offends the promise of equal protection. Financial stringency certainly has a place
read more
Orissa High Court, in a significant ruling dated July 15, 2026, held that a vehicle seized for alleged transportation of cattle in violation of the
read more
"The 'inscrutable face of a sphinx' is ordinarily incongruous with a judicial or quasi-judicial performance." Punjab and Haryana High Court, in a significant ruling, held that
read more
"Mentioning of a wrong provision or non-mentioning of a provision does not invalidate an order if the court and/or statutory authority had the requisite jurisdiction therefor."
read more
"Failure to give an opportunity to the accused to explain the same is fatal to the prosecution. When the public servant is facing such a
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"Denial of disability pension based on a medical opinion without providing full reasons to support the opinion cannot be said to be valid." High Court
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"Notwithstanding the pendency of conciliation proceedings, an aggrieved party can approach the Industrial Tribunal for limited relief where the opposite party proposes to commence or
read more
"It is well settled that defence evidence is not to be viewed with suspicion or treated as inherently inferior to prosecution evidence; where it is
read more
"The DIR, no doubt, is a relevant document, prepared to facilitate/ assist the Magistrate, however, it can neither substitute nor supersede the original complaint/ application
read more
"In the result, the condition contained in sub-rule (3A) of rule 8 for payment of duty without utilizing the cenvat credit till an assessee pays
read more
"The petitioner did not claim to have secured marks above cut off for UR or UR (EC) Category. Therefore, he cannot be permitted to stake
read more
"The special protection ensures that the dismissed employee is paid one months’ wages and that the employer seeks approval to dismissal action. However, this special protection
read more
"Since the corpus is accused of committing an offence by the private respondents, as such, he cannot be illegally detained by them." Allahabad High Court, in a
read more
"The rigour(s) of Section 37 of NDPS Act pale into oblivion when bail is sought for on account of long incarceration in view of Article 21 of
read more
"Merely because the petitioners belong to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, they cannot be denied consideration against unreserved vacancies when they otherwise stand senior in the feeder
read more
"Any party purchasing a property which is a subject matter of litigation, during the pendency of the litigation, is bound by the judgment that
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"If the sanctity of registered documents is diluted, it would erode public confidence in property transactions and jeopardize the security of titles." Madhya Pradesh High Court, in
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"An individual litigant or counsel has no vested or fundamental right to demand that their matter be listed ahead of litigations instituted prior in time, save through
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In the contemporary landscape of the Indian criminal justice system, DNA profiling has transitioned from a "novelty" to the "gold standard" of forensic evidence. However, for
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Possession is the law’s most practical concept. Before a court reaches the higher question—“who is the owner?”—it often asks the simpler, urgent question—“who is in possession, and
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Appreciating evidence in civil litigation requires adherence to strict principles under the Indian Evidence Act, the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), and binding judicial precedents. Courts
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In the world of law, the doctrine of Res Judicata serves as a cornerstone for upholding judicial efficiency and finality. Res judicata, meaning "a matter already judged,"
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"Copyright law, a delicate balance of protecting creativity while fostering innovation." – Indian Judiciary- Introduction: Safeguarding Creativity Through the Copyright Act
In a world
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In the Indian legal system, judgments play a crucial role in shaping jurisprudence and guiding future cases. These judgments can be classified into two primary categories: reportable and non-reportable.
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